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ICTR defense lawyers call for release of US lawyer, threaten boycott

ICTR defense lawyers call for release of US lawyer, threaten boycott

Drew Singer

June 9, 2010 02:32:05 pm

More than 30 defense lawyers from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) released a joint statement Tuesday calling for the release of detained US lawyer and JURIST Forum contributor Peter Erlinder [professional profile; JURIST...

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Taiwan ex-president Chen found not guilty of misusing funds

Taiwan ex-president Chen found not guilty of misusing funds

Drew Singer

June 8, 2010 01:27:39 pm

The Taipei District Court on Tuesday found former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian not guilty of embezzling USD $330,000. Chen was indicted in September for allegedly using funds received...

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UN official urges greater accountability for US drone strikes

UN official urges greater accountability for US drone strikes

Drew Singer

June 3, 2010 10:37:18 am

A top UN official on Wednesday called on the US to cease CIA drone strikes in Pakistan until more accountability for the strikes exists. UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston ...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Nazi war criminals hanged

On October 16, 1946, 10 Nazi war criminals, including former German Foreign Minister von Rippentrop, were hanged following the verdicts of the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal.

William O. Douglas born

On September 16, 1898, William O. Douglas was born in Maine Township, Minnesota. Douglas went on to become Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission before being named to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Franklin Roosevelt. Douglas would become an influential civil libertarian on the Warren Court and the longest tenured Justice in history, serving for 36 years and 7 months.

Listen to interviews of Justice Douglas as conducted by Princeton University Professor Walter F. Murphy.